Re: Cast for text->Integer missing in 8.3.5

From: "Scott Marlowe" <scott(dot)marlowe(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: "Nykolyn, Andrew" <andrew(dot)nykolyn(at)ngc(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Cast for text->Integer missing in 8.3.5
Date: 2009-01-13 17:24:12
Message-ID: dcc563d10901130924v7cebfa4eu5ca02f8dbe07f88b@mail.gmail.com
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On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 8:23 AM, Nykolyn, Andrew <andrew(dot)nykolyn(at)ngc(dot)com> wrote:
> I am trying to upgrade my Postgres server from 8.2.3 to 8.3.5 and have found
> that the cast text->integer and integer->text are missing. Is there a
> reason why they are not there and how can I get them back. I have many
> stored procedures that rely on those casts

They were removed because the output was unpredictable. It's far
better to spend your time fixing your code than trying to reinstate
buggy / questionable behaviour.

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